Internal Communications Writer
anthropics/skills
A set of resources to help me write all kinds of internal communications, using the formats that my company likes to use. Claude should use this skill…
Write status updates people actually read — the traffic-light-plus-narrative format (state first, story second), the blockers-are-asks rule, and the skimmable structure that respects a reader with…
Install Async Update Format
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill async-update-format -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills async-update-format --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/async-update-format .claude/skills/async-update-format && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "async-update-format" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/async-update-format into .claude/skills/async-update-format/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "async-update-format", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/async-update-formatType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill async-update-format -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills async-update-format --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/async-update-format .agents/skills/async-update-format && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "async-update-format" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/async-update-format into .agents/skills/async-update-format/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "async-update-format", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill async-update-format -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills async-update-format --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/async-update-format .cursor/skills/async-update-format && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "async-update-format" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/async-update-format into .cursor/skills/async-update-format/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "async-update-format", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git --path skills/async-update-format--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill async-update-format -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills async-update-format --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/async-update-format .gemini/skills/async-update-format && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "async-update-format" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/async-update-format into .gemini/skills/async-update-format/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "async-update-format", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills async-update-formatInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill async-update-format -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/async-update-format .github/skills/async-update-format && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "async-update-format" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/async-update-format into .github/skills/async-update-format/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "async-update-format", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill async-update-format -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills async-update-format --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/async-update-format .opencode/skills/async-update-format && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "async-update-format" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/async-update-format into .opencode/skills/async-update-format/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "async-update-format", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
async-update-format- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- Token cost
- ~1.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 621 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,348
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Write status updates people actually read — the traffic-light-plus-narrative format (state first, story second), the blockers-are-asks rule, and the skimmable structure that respects a reader with…
- Works in 5 steps: State leads, unhedged: 🟢 on-track / 🟡… → Delta, not inventory: what changed since… → Blockers are asks with names and dates:… → …
- Asked write my weekly update
- SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: The Format Rules and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Async Update Format is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Write status updates people actually read — the traffic-light-plus-narrative format (state first, story second), the blockers-are-asks rule, and the skimmable structure that respects a reader with thirty seconds. Use when asked write my weekly update, format our team's status posts, nobody reads my updates, or what goes in a good async check-in. Produces the update format with a filled example, the blockers-as-asks discipline, and the reader-time contract.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Writing & Content, covering Internal communications. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Asked write my weekly update
- Format our teams status posts
- Nobody reads my updates
- What goes in a good async check-in
Example prompts
- “/async-update-format”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- State leads, unhedged: 🟢 on-track / 🟡 at-risk / 🔴 blocked — plus one line of why. Readers triage by state; burying "we're going to miss…
- Delta, not inventory: what changed since the last update — shipped, decided, learned, slipped. The inventory ("still working on X, Y…
- Blockers are asks with names and dates: "blocked on legal review" is weather; "need [name] to approve the DPA by Thu or the launch slips a…
- Next is a milestone with a date: "next: ship the beta to 10 customers by the 28th" — the line that makes the following update verifiable…
- Two layers, visibly separated: the skim layer (state/delta/asks/next — the 30-second contract) and below a divider, the depth (details…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Async Update Format loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 120 tokens; SKILL.md has 621 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 621 words, ~1,163 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/async-update-format/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- async-update-format
- description
- Write status updates people actually read — the traffic-light-plus-narrative format (state first, story second), the blockers-are-asks rule, and the skimmable structure that respects a reader with thirty seconds. Use when asked write my weekly update, format our team's status posts, nobody reads my updates, or what goes in a good async check-in. Produces the update format with a filled example, the blockers-as-asks discipline, and the reader-time contract.
Async Update Format Skill
Status updates die of two diseases: the activity log ("attended meetings, worked on the project") that says nothing, and the essay that says everything to readers with thirty seconds. The format that survives: state first (on-track / at-risk / blocked, with the one-line why), then the delta (what changed since last time — not what exists), then blockers written as asks with names ("blocked on X — need [person] to approve Y by Friday"), then the next milestone with its date. Skimmable in thirty seconds, expandable for the reader who wants more.
What This Skill Produces
- The format — state → delta → asks → next, with length budgets per section
- A filled example — realistic, showing the delta-not-inventory discipline
- The blockers-as-asks rule — every blocker names a person and an action, or it's just weather
- The reader-time contract — the 30-second skim layer and the optional depth layer, separated
Required Inputs
Ask for these if not provided:
- The update's audience and altitude — the manager (risks and asks), the team (coordination detail), stakeholders (outcomes) — one update rarely serves all three; the format flexes or splits
- The cadence and the vehicle — weekly in a channel? Biweekly in a doc? The format compresses for chat, breathes in docs
- This period's raw material — what actually happened, honestly including the nothing-moved weeks (the format has an honest shape for those too)
Framework: The Format Rules
- State leads, unhedged: 🟢 on-track / 🟡 at-risk / 🔴 blocked — plus one line of why. Readers triage by state; burying "we're going to miss the date" in paragraph three is how misses become surprises. A 🟡 with a clear why builds more trust than a 🟢 streak that flips red overnight.
- Delta, not inventory: what changed since the last update — shipped, decided, learned, slipped. The inventory ("still working on X, Y continues") is noise wearing progress's clothes; a nothing-moved week says so in one line with the why, which is itself information.
- Blockers are asks with names and dates: "blocked on legal review" is weather; "need [name] to approve the DPA by Thu or the launch slips a week" is an ask that can be actioned — by the reader, which is the point of telling them. Every blocker that stays nameless stays blocked.
- Next is a milestone with a date: "next: ship the beta to 10 customers by the 28th" — the line that makes the following update verifiable, which is what makes the whole cadence honest. "Continue making progress" is the anti-milestone.
- Two layers, visibly separated: the skim layer (state/delta/asks/next — the 30-second contract) and below a divider, the depth (details, links, numbers) for the readers who want it. Respecting the skimmer is what keeps updates read; the depth layer is what keeps them useful.
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Output Format
Update: [project] — [date]
State: 🟢/🟡/🔴 — [the one-line why] Since last time: [2–4 delta bullets — shipped/decided/learned/slipped] Asks: [each: what, from whom, by when — or "none"] Next: [milestone + date]
Depth (optional): [details, links, metrics for the interested]
Quality Checks
- The state is first and its why fits one line
- Every bullet is a delta — no inventory restatements
- Every blocker names a person, an action, and a date
- Next is a dated milestone, verifiable next update
- The skim layer stands alone in under 30 seconds
Anti-Patterns
- Do not log activity — attended, discussed, and continued are not deltas
- Do not hedge the state — 🟡 announced early is cheap; 🔴 discovered late is expensive
- Do not post nameless blockers — unaddressed asks are the sender's fault after the first update
- Do not write one essay for three audiences — flex the altitude or split the update
- Do not skip the nothing-happened weeks — silence reads as chaos; "no movement, because X" reads as control
Example Trigger Phrases
- "Write my weekly update."
- "Format our team's status posts."
- "What goes in a good async check-in?"
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/async-update-format of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0
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| Async Update Format this skillmohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills | 1.4k | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Internal Communications Writeranthropics/skills | 180k | 38 repos | ~378 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Natural Japanese Business Writingcoji/natural-japanese | 1.9k | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| My Weekly Reportmeain/dotfiles | 285 | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Updatesjtenniswood/espframe | 209 | — | ~527 | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Updateakseolabs-seo/AK-Threads-booster | 275 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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Questions about Async Update Format
What does Async Update Format do?
Write status updates people actually read — the traffic-light-plus-narrative format (state first, story second), the blockers-are-asks rule, and the skimmable structure that respects a reader with…. Async Update Format is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Write status updates people actually read — the traffic-light-plus-narrative format (state first, story second), the blockers-are-asks rule, and the skimmable structure that respects a reader with thirty seconds.
When should I use Async Update Format?
Async Update Format fits situations like: asked write my weekly update; format our teams status posts; nobody reads my updates; what goes in a good async check-in.
How do I install Async Update Format in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill async-update-format -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/async-update-format in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/async-update-format in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Async Update Format in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill async-update-format -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/async-update-format in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/async-update-format in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Async Update Format in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill async-update-format -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/async-update-format, .gemini/skills/async-update-format, .github/skills/async-update-format and .opencode/skills/async-update-format in your project.
What does Async Update Format need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Async Update Format is instructions for the agent only.
Does Async Update Format access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Async Update Format safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Async Update Format use?
Async Update Format is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Async Update Format use?
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Async Update Format?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Async Update Format: Internal Communications Writer (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), Natural Japanese Business Writing (coji/natural-japanese, 1.9k stars), My Weekly Report (meain/dotfiles, 285 stars) and Updates (jtenniswood/espframe, 209 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Async Update Format?
mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,433 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.